United Community Banks Post-Effective Amendment

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 11, 2000               Registration No. 333-33802


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Post-Effective Amendment Number 1 to
Form S-3

Registration Statement
under
the Securities Act of 1933
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UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Georgia
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

6712
(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)

58-1807304
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

Post Office Box 398
63 Highway 515
Blairsville, Georgia 30512
(706) 745-2151
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

 

Mr. Christopher J. Bledsoe
Chief Financial Officer
United Community Banks, Inc.
Post Office Box 398
63 Highway 515
Blairsville, Georgia 30512
(706) 745-2151
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

With copies to:

F. Sheffield Hale, Esq.
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP
Suite 2800
1100 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
(404) 815-6500


 

       Pursuant to this Registration Statement, as amended, United Community Banks, Inc. (the "Registrant") registered 450,000 of the Registrant's common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "Common Stock"), with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for sale to the public.

       The Registration Statement was declared effective on May 9, 2000. Registrant suspended use of the Registration Statement on August 4, 2000. The Registrant is filing this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement to withdraw from registration certain shares of Common Stock covered by the Registration Statement that remained unsold pursuant to this Registration Statement on August 4, 2000.

       Of the registered Common Stock, 418,792 shares were sold by the Registrant pursuant to this Registration Statement, and 31,208 shares of the registered Common Stock have not been sold under this Registration Statement. The Registrant hereby amends the Registration Statement to withdraw from registration such 31,208 unsold shares of the Common Stock.


Signatures

       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, United has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Blairsville, State of Georgia, on the 10th day of October, 2000.

 

 

UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:    /s/ Christopher J. Bledsoe                  

 

       Christopher J. Bledsoe

 

      Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of United in the capacities set forth and on the 10th day of October, 2000.

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President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director

Jimmy C. Tallent

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

      /s/ Christopher J. Bledsoe                        

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Christopher J. Bledsoe

(Principal Financial Officer)

 

 

 

 

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Vice President and Controller

Patrick J. Rusnak

(Principal Accounting Officer)

 

 

 

 

     /s/ Robert L. Head, Jr.                              

Chairman of the Board

Robert L. Head, Jr.

 

 

 

 

 

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Director

Billy M. Decker

 

 

 

 

 

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Director

Thomas C. Gilliland

 

 

 

 

 

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Director

Charles Hill

 

 

 

 

 

               *                                                       

Director

Hoyt O. Holloway

 

 

 

 

 

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Director

P. Deral Horne

 

 

 

 

 

               *                                                      

Director

John R. Martin

 

 

 

 

 

               *                                                      

Director

Clarence William Mason, Sr.

 

 

 

 

 

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Director

Zell B. Miller

 

 

 

 

 

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Director

W. C. Nelson, Jr.

 

 

 

 

 

               *                                                      

Director

Charles E. Parks

 

 

 

 

 

               *                                                      

Director

Tim Wallis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*By:  /s/  Robert L. Head, Jr.                          

 

        Robert L. Head, Jr., as attorney-in-fact